CROWDFUNDING NEWS – In high school and college I spent a lot of my free time playing Traveller, a science fiction role-playing game (RPG). As it turns out, Traveller is one of the inspirations for Starset, a new RPG written by Josiah Mork that is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. The setting style is known …
Starset: the Great Dimming – A Grimdark Tabletop RPG System Read More
REVIEW – Several weeks ago, I reviewed the Giiker Super Slider puzzle game and now I’m back with a review of the Giiker Super Blocks puzzle game. Is it super fun? Let’s find out. What is it? The Giiker Super Blocks puzzle game is a handheld battery-powered puzzle game for kids ages 6 and up …
REVIEW – Sometimes the best way to relax is to kick back and solve a puzzle. No, I don’t mean figuring out the meaning of life… I mean a puzzle like the GiiKER Super Slider. Let’s take a look. What is it? The GiiKER Super Slider is a modern version of the classic sliding tile …
GiiKER Super Slider puzzle game review – What’s old is new again! Read More
REVIEW – Summer is here! That means it’s time for picnics in the park and barbeques on the beach! When gathered together outdoors with family and friends for food and fun, it’s a great time to put your phone away and pull out a lawn game or two for some friendly competition. In this review, …
TowerBall Bundle review – a casual yet highly flexible lawn game Read More
NEWS – I don’t remember if it was the 70s, but my mind is saying yes to me being a Rubik Cube champion back then. I can remember that it was huge to have one in your school bag and even more credit if you knew how to solve the puzzle. At that time of …
Rubik’s Connected Cube can make me feel like a kid and a champion once again!! Read More
NEWS – Check out this gloriously retro case that puts a Game Boy on the back of your iPhone. Wait, before you click away, this case doesn’t just LOOK like a Game Boy, it IS a real handheld gaming console right down to the color display, 4-way D-pad, and A and B physical controls. This …
This iPhone case turns your phone into a Game Boy with physical controls! Read More
CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Who needs a Nintendo Switch when you can have a gaming console that fits on your keychain and is no bigger than your thumb. It’s Thumby and wow is it tiny! What is it? The TinyCircuits Thumby is seriously small at 1.2” x 0.7” x 0.3” (29.5mm x 18mm x 8.5mm). But …
NEWS – We love family game nights in our house and so when I saw the Arcade1Up Infinity Game Table on Gizmodo, I was curious about it. It is a WiFi-connected table with a touchscreen (you can detach the legs to lay the screen on a flat surface) that comes with digital version of over …
Liven up your family game night with the Arcade1Up Infinity Game Tables! Read More
NEWS – I remember feeding quarters into arcade games like Centipede, Gauntlet, and Astroids. Those were fun times! There aren’t many arcades around these days and that’s just sad. Make things happy for your kids with Tastemaker’s Arcade1Up Jr. line of 36-inch tall arcade game consoles designed especially for kids ages 4-8 years old. There’s …
Hook your kids on arcade games with the Arcade1Up Jr. Read More
CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – Maybe you watched the Queen’s Gambit, maybe you’ve always been into it, or maybe your kid dragged you into it like me. Chess is an awesome game that seems to increasingly sink it’s teeth into you the more you play. If you haven’t used a clock when playing, I think you’ll be …
NEWS – Many games require the player to roll dice to advance a turn. If you find the action of dice rolling to be difficult for you either because you have dexterity issues, or you just don’t want to do it yourself, these dice will do it for you. Boogie Dice look like a standard …
Because rolling dice is just too hard, these dice do all the work for you Read More
NEWS – Need a clever logic game for your kids? You might want to try the Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game from Thinkfun (for ages 8 and over). The game comes with different colored cars and trucks and 40 cards that range from beginner to expert. You simply set up the cars and trucks …
Thinkfun’s Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game is an awesomely addictive game Read More
NEWS – I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I was a kid, my parents didn’t have a lot of money which meant that we didn’t have a lot of toys. At least not the toys I really wanted, like LEGO. So my sister and I made our own models and miniatures …
Cardkits are models of paper that challenge your model making fingers and mind Read More
REVIEW – Did you ever play Connect Four when you were a kid? It was a vertical game where you dropped checker-like disks between the plastic layers to arrange them in rows of 4. It was a more advanced physical version of the classic tic-tac-toe game. GiiKER Connected Smart Four is an even MORE advanced …
REVIEW – This holiday season our social calendar is a lot emptier than normal, but we still have a few folks coming over. Any time we get together with family and friends is a good time to break out a party game, so this year we’ve been testing the 10th Anniversary Edition of PlayMonster’s 5 …